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GEORGE ERNEST HAYWARD
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
March 15, 1949 – February 5, 1969
Service recordGeorge Ernest Hayward, of Mentor, Ohio, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 5, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 64
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Mentor, Ohio (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1969; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 64
- WILTON NEIL HATTONMaster Sergeant · February 5, 1969
- WILLIAM COLQUETH HIX JRWarrant Officer 1 · February 5, 1969
- KENNETH EDWARD JACKSONPrivate First Class · February 5, 1969
- GARY MORGAN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · February 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EUGENE BOEHMWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 33W, Line 60
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL HARRINGTONSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 63
- JOHN EDWARD NORDELL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 67
From Mentor
- PAUL HOLLAND MITCHELL JRLance Corporal · October 5, 1966
- JAMES JOSEPH MENARTCorporal · May 26, 1967
- LOYD EDWARD STROISCHSergeant · April 12, 1968
- DEAN EDWARD NICHOLASLance Corporal · July 17, 1968
- TIMOTHY DAVID STICKLEPrivate First Class · December 11, 1968
- DAVID WALTER RIEMERLance Corporal · January 25, 1969
- MICHAEL LESTER NESSPrivate First Class · February 10, 1969
- WILLIAM RONALD DICKEYPrivate First Class · August 10, 1969
- NORMAN FRED PALEYSpecialist Four · November 24, 1970
- DALE ALLEN PEARCEWarrant Officer 1 · May 17, 1971
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.